Stone Boat Poetry presents PORT CITY POETS: Contemporary Poets Celebrate Portland, Maine on Thursday, August 7 at 7pm at 5th Maine Memorial Hall on Peaks Island. Join us for an evening with […]
What islanders love more than books: a book sale
The Friends of the Peaks Island Branch library will throw one of the island’s most beloved literary traditions, the annual book sale extravaganza this Saturday, July 19th from 8 AM to 2 […]
Death by Dissolution: Mark Green and Ocean Acidification of Casco Bay, Maine and everywhere else
Although Mark Green, Ph.D. has authored nearly two dozen peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, we might refer to him as a sci-fi horror author of something called “Death by Dissolution.” Except, sadly, it’s […]
American Idol mania brings film crew to Umbrella Cover Museum
Nancy 3. Hoffman — singer, accordionist, pianist, musical director, Curator/Director of the world’s only Umbrella Cover Museum, and author of “Uncovered and Exposed” hosted a film crew from American Idol today. Visiting […]
Poet Chris Robley featured at Peaks Island’s Stone Boat Poetry
Poet, songwriter, musician, and producer Chris Robley – with roots in the “other Portland” – is delivering his well-crafted work to appreciative audiences right here in our own (the first!) Portland these days. […]
Colors and Pages of Peaks Event
The Friends of the Peaks Island Library is once again teaming up with TEIA to bring Island Authors and Illustrators to the Color and Pages of Peaks — Friday, July 11 and […]
“So you want to be an islander?”: Tom Bergh writes on Casco Bay
Whatever you do, “do NOT ask us – as in never ask us – what time the 2:15 boat leaves.” So says Tom Bergh to those who yearn to become islanders. In […]
Born to Write, Living in Exile
When I was barely old enough to hold a pencil, I wrote stories. I started typing them as soon as my mother offhandedly passed her clackety typewriter to me so that I […]
Gibson Fay-LeBlanc visits Stone Boat Poetry on Peaks Island
Writer, teacher, and former Director of the Telling Room Gibson Fay-LeBlanc visited Peaks Island’s Stone Boat Poetry gathering this week. Although I was not fortunate enough to join the group and hear […]
Can we understand the past? Tip #5 of writing historical novels
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” ― L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” ― William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun […]
